Rants on Cycling and on Life:
Photos of people and bicycles that pass in front of my camera

11.10.2008

a good way to start the week...

a good way to start the week...

this morning was a good way to start the daytoday was a good way to start the week

mondays can be toughthe lack of structure of the weekend clashes with the monday morning rushthis morning four year old grant was not ready to start his weeknothing was going right for himslow out of the gate and begging for more time with the pillowI have a hard time disagreeing with him but we have to get to school on time

Grant was getting his way and Grant was still not happy

once dressed and headed for the door he argued about the jacket then threw his butt to the ground in protestthen grant demanded pancakespancakes and refusing the jacket?I could accept his demand to wear shorts as I was in knickers so I could not make a statement about a need for him to cover his legsbut the jacket-less-ness and breakfast orders after refusing to listen to all the urges to get out of bed and then all of the urges for him to get dressedthis I would not allowthere was no time for pancakes and he was wearing the jacketwe were headed out the door

I lifted Grant up... and Grant sat back downthere was not too much physical fightingI put on the jacket and picked him upwith screaming in my ear I carried a child who could not be coerced to the carput his seatbelt on and climbed in the driver's seatthere was still arguement but there was no effort to undo what was already donethe jacket remained on as well did the seat belt

all the while seven year old Dean listened and behaved after being dressed, fed, and ready for the world long before anyone else in the house

I could see up the hill that light was red... yet I waited for four cars to run the red light before I pulled out and headed down the hillearly in the short cross town drive Grant started to mellowthe blueberry breakfast bar that he had refused was being eaten and it was not long after the handoff of the breakfast bar that Grant was asking for the banana

by the time we were parked around the corner from school everyone was in a good moodwe walked the final blocks to school together

as we got to the steps of the school Dean picked up the pace and pulled away ready to start his dayI called him back asking for a hungnot dropping the kids off at school every day I enjoy it when I doafter the hug I walked Grant into his classroom and spoke with his teachersthere was talk about the Dinosaur Dig at the school block party then I was on my way

having already walked the dog as the boys got dressed I was free to use the extra minutes to ride my bicycle an extra mile or two into workso I cut across town letting my tires roll over leaves and dirt rather than asphalt and concrete

my back is still tender from my crash at Schaeffer Farms just over a week ago so I was hesitant about the rigid single speed in the woodsbut things are not so technical that I really had to worryI pedaled along at an enjoying the day pace rather than an agro race pace

I enjoyed the morning...

on my ride I encountered less than half a dozen people and perhaps a dozen dogsit was a morning that was all smilestaking a route with less auto interaction really improved my outlook on the day

I arrived at work and showered before starting my dayah...a great way to start the week

the work day was busygot a lot of things donethe work pulled me through fast without hardly watching the clock

my trip for lunch was shortthere was still much undone and still much to doso I walked three blocks up and three blocks backpicking up two bowls of soup... chilli and minestrone

got back and ate at my deskplayed on the computer as I finished my lunchthen got back to work and knocked some stuff outknocked a bunch of stuff out then suited up in clothing that was pleasantly dry after after a short vigorous ride into work in the morning

maybe tomorrow will offer some of the samebut i better charge my headlampI am afraid that my commuter headlamp is on the fritzso I better pack an alternate as an optionthis one may have to be sent back to NiteRidertroubleshooting tonight when I put the other batteries on the charger

No comments:

About Me

if you want to know about me all you need to do is check out my BLOG
it is not the same everyday or everyweek
the focus changes and alters with my moods and with the events of the day and the events of my life